Sam continued to patiently meditate, only occasionally taking breaks for sex with Beverly, or to feed Bella so that she would not die.
She no longer behaved so apathetically, in fact, she lost power and half a year of cultivation, but soon realized that this was not the end of the world. Although, even getting to the middle stage without spiritual stones will be very difficult for her.
Somewhere in four months Mason came running and said that the patriarch was calling him and Bella.
Sam took Bella out of the cage, quickly brought her into a more acceptable form and grabbing her in an armful, went to the castle.
In front of the castle, Sam released Bella, they went inside and greeted the patriarch.
Furan - Bella tell me what's going on in the sect.
Bella - Patriarch, for more than the last half year, Sam kept me in a ban in a cage, I was not in the sect.
Sam wanted to argue about it, but what he could say? It was truth after all and to say some nonsense in front of the old man - to ask for death.
Furan - Who did you appoint as Sect Leader Sam?
Earlier the direction of sect growth was mainly set by Bella, and the sect developed quite rapidly, but now, in fact, the sect did not have a manager or head.
Sam obviously didn't care about the sect, and the others, knowing the fate of the previous faction, sat quietly.
Bella obviously considered the sect to be her property and her strength, and developed it as best she could.
It is possible that techniques and books, like many other things, were provided to Bella earlier, and now the patriarch was going to provide the next batch.
Sam - Nobody patriarch.
The patriarch sighed.
Furan - I should have guessed that you had muscles instead of brains, since you closed Bella, You should have found someone with a head on their shoulders in her place. From now on, you are deprived of your position in the sect and do not dare to stop Bella from doing her job anymore, get out.
Sam - Yes patriarch.
Sam bowed and left.
Mason stood outside, and went inside after Sam. Sam had a bad feeling.
If Mason finds out that Sam is now no one now and will blabber, then taking into account the fact that the patriarch is already unhappy, there is a possibility that Sam will still be slapped to death.
On the other hand, Sam didn't get any resources this time, maybe he decided that since Sam is so brainless, it's better to choose Mason? All the same, Mason also entered the stage of Foundation Establishment. Plus he is younger and more perspective pick.
Sam stood outside the castle and was nervous as hell, a lot of thoughts rushing through his head.
Even if we assume that right now Mason will not say anything, or maybe he was not going to say anything at all even in future, there is still Beverly, Douglas, Pamela.
While Sam was the strongest and intimidated everyone to hell, they of course were content with what they had, and they themselves probably understood that even if they told the patriarch or Bella about the artifacts, they themselves would hardly get them.
But what will happen now? Bella can quickly restore her cultivation, especially if the patriarch helps her.
She will again undermine the entire sect, and tell that Sam is now no one and he has no rights here.
Would anyone want to reveal a secret to her after this? In addition, Sam was forbidden to interfere with Bella, but Bella herself will probably try to kill him at any cost, after taking control of the sect.
Sam was always pretty dumb, everything was so fine, but another manifestation of negligence and childishness now led to the fact that he abruptly descended from heaven to hell.
It was necessary to decide what to do right now, to remain in the sect, given the circumstances, was unreasonable.
In any case, this bitch Bella will not be able to solve everything at once, even if she starts screaming to the left and to the right that Sam has been dismissed. Sam intimidated most of them, they surely still have fear about his presence and they will not act rashly.
There was no information in the library on how to remove the mark from the body, which was one of the first things Sam was looking for. He perfectly understood that he was just a slave here.
Try to take everyone away and kill? But there is a mark on everyone, if Sam and 3 more people try to escape immediately after what happened, then the patriarch may well suspect something was wrong and check what was wrong.
The departure of Sam alone is unlikely to attract attention, for the patriarch he has clearly lost value and he, in theory, will not chase after Sam.
The patriarch probably even thought about slapping him to death for this minor oversight.
Mason left the castle first. Sam called him and they went to the cave, which now belonged to Bella again.
Sam - What did the patriarch say?
Mason - He said that from now on I am the head of the sect's law and order, and that I should help Bella with the sect's issues. He also gave me 100 thousand spirit stones and a pill.
Mason - He said that soon a special pavilion will appear in the sect, which will speed up the meditation of the practitioner, and I will be the first to use it until I break through to the stage of Core Formation.
Fuck! Sam realized that he screwed up more than he initially thought, because he was the one who had to get it all. Is it his fault that he was born stupid? What an injustice.